2 May 2008Hail the Pho KingDr. Weevil's secret to jazzing up ramen:
Add a handful of bean sprouts, some fresh basil and cilantro leaves, and a dash or two each of lime juice and tabasco. In other words, add all the easily-procured ingredients of pho (Vietnamese beef noodle soup) except the beef. The result is only half as good as the pho at a Vietnamese soup kitchen like Pho Cali in Raleigh, but that's still approximately four times as tasty as plain ramen, and it takes roughly three minutes to put together.
The disadvantage, of course, is that the improvements bring up the price of the meal, from "darn near nothing" to "not a whole lot," which may make a difference to the stereotypical Starving Student who subsists largely on ramen. Still, even real pho isn't that pricey, at least here in the Big Breezy, which has a substantial resident Vietnamese population. Posted at 10:07 AM to Worth a ForkI got 7 words fer ya Mmm. Nothing beats pho on a cold afternoon. Personally, I prefer mint and bean sprouts to go with it. Posted by: sya at 11:27 PM on 2 May 2008 |